List of Design Projects I Should Be Working On

1) Packaging for a Balloon Toy Company in China. Here's the latest version.

Even though Oliver is the model I have lost my taste for this project because of the weird decisions of the client.

2) Tradeshow booth designs for an electronic security company. I already did the designs, but now there's a lot of revisions. It's a lot of Photoshop work, and I don't want to hook up the Wacom.

3) A band logo. The name is dumb, similar to Rock & Wood, but not that dumb. I don't want to work on it because they're only paying $100 and I was referred to them on Facebook. What if I make a great logo and the band sounds like Nicki Minaj? Maybe I'll be responsible for someone thinking they might like them, and I can't live with that. 

4) The combination of two mechanic logos. One company bought the other and neither wants to change their name or logo, so I have to combine the two very different logos. I don't know why I'm avoiding this one, it seems like kind of a fun challenge. 

5) Packaging for a bunch of oil filters. Every phone call with the client has gone like this:

client: "Paul, these 18 packages are behind schedule. (2 hours of technical education about the science behind oil filters)

Me: "What would you like the package to say?"

client: "We have to get this done, I'm way behind schedule. So (much more in-depth explanation of filter science)"

Me: "Did you like the graphics I sent? I just need the text now. Then we can have this complete."

client: "Yes, I liked the designs. But I need these done, like, yesterday. (lengthy speech about oil-"

Me: "I can't discuss this any more over the phone. Send me an email with the exact copy you would like, and the final dimensions of each box"

client: "I'll call you later."

Then he calls me the following week, asking why the packaging isn't done. The conversation loops over again. It's extremely neat and fun to be a part of.

As Martin Luther King, Jr.  used to say, If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, go out and sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures. If it's your job to distill ramblings into semi-professional layouts, go out and do it like Handel composed or complain about it in your blog instead.